Ferrari passes Williams as ‘second force’ – pundit

A low-profile winter for the Grove team is beginning to raise questions about Williams’ 2015 prospects.

Last year, the newly Mercedes-powered team emerged from a deep slump to finish the championship third overall, and with arguably the second-fastest car behind the similarly-powered works outfit.

But the new FW37, although solid and evidently not uncompetitive, failed to make a great impact throughout its Jerez test debut.

And it was a similar story at Barcelona last week, with the fastest aggregate laptime for Williams being Felipe Massa’s, and outpaced not only by 2014 rivals Mercedes and Red Bull but also Ferrari and Lotus.